Fabulous Top Quality Cut Crystal & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by James Dixon C.1900

Name: Fabulous Top Quality Cut Crystal & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by James Dixon C.1900
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA306152
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Puckerings

Description

The quality of this box or barrel is quite outstanding, as good as they get. The crystal is very heavy in a lovely unusual shape with a square base and body with rounded edges leading up to a circular neck fitted with a silver plated collar.

The crystal is beautifully cut, just sensational quality. The silver plated lid reveals the full maker's mark on the underside for one of the best silversmith's, James Dixon and Sons. It is also marked EPGS for Electro-Plated German Silver. This doesn't mean it is from Germany, it is simply another name for Nickel Silver, referring to it's heritage, developed first in Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, in 1824, hence its other name as German Silver.

A wonderful piece in pristine condition. 5" in diameter; 4" lid diameter; 6 1/2" tall to collar, 8 1/4" tall to top of handle while upright. Dates to the late Victorian era, around 1900.

Item ID: 36049

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Declaration

Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA306152

Dealers Internal Reference

36049

Dealers Notes

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Description

The quality of this box or barrel is quite outstanding, as good as they get.

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The crystal is very heavy in a lovely unusual shape with a square base and body with rounded edges leading up to a circular neck fitted with a silver plated collar.

Puckerings

fig 1. Fabulous Top Quality Cut Crystal & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by James Dixon c.1900 — fig 1. Fabulous Top Quality Cut Crystal & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by James Dixon C.1900

The crystal is beautifully cut, just sensational quality. The silver plated lid reveals the full maker's mark on the underside for one of the best silversmith's, James Dixon and Sons. It is also marked EPGS for Electro-Plated German Silver. This doesn't mean it is from Germany, it is simply another name for Nickel Silver, referring to it's heritage, developed first in Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, in 1824, hence its other name as German Silver.

fig 2. Fabulous Top Quality Cut Crystal & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by James Dixon c.1900 — fig 2. Fabulous Top Quality Cut Crystal & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by James Dixon C.1900

A wonderful piece in pristine condition. 5" in diameter; 4" lid diameter; 6 1/2" tall to collar, 8 1/4" tall to top of handle while upright. Dates to the late Victorian era, around 1900.

Item ID: 36049

FREE Worldwide Registered Airmail Directly from London, England

Date of Manufacture

Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA306152

Dealers Internal Ref

36049

About the Dealer

Puckerings

Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2009